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Contents 1 Types of motor 1.1 Broad Motor Categories 1.2 Conventional Electric Motors 1.3 Novel Electric Motors 1.4 Other motors 2 Motor Controllers 3 Components 4 Scientists and engineers 5 Related subjects

Types of motor

Broad Motor Categories

• Synchronous motor
• AC motor
• DC Motor

Conventional Electric Motors

• Induction
• Brushed DC
• Brushless DC
• Stepper
• Linear
• Unipolar
• Reluctance

Novel Electric Motors

• Ball bearing
• Homopolar
• Piezoelectric
• Ultrasonic
• Electrostatic

Other motors

• Traction motor
• Barlow's Wheel
• Nanomotor
• Traction motor
• Lynch motor
• Mendocino motor
• Repulsion motor
• Inchworm motor
• Booster (electric power)
• Brush (electric)

Motor Controllers

• Adjustable-speed drive
• Direct Torque Control
• Direct on line starter
• Electronic speed control
• Variable-frequency drive
• Motor Soft Starter
• Thyristor drive
• Torque and speed of a DC motor

Components

• Centrifugal switch
• Commutator (electric)
• Slip ring

Scientists and engineers

• Ottó Bláthy
• Rudolf Diesel
• Michael Faraday
• Thomas Newcomen
• Nikolaus Otto
• Thomas Savery
• Charles Proteus Steinmetz
• Robert Stirling
• Nikola Tesla
• Hans von Ohain
• Felix Wankel
• James Watt

Related subjects

• Electrical engineering
• Power factor
• Polyphase system